Reporting Instructions: CORe Code 4076

Shared Costs Report: Agency Management, Support and Overhead

Agency Management, Support and Overhead (AMSO) are costs incurred for common or joint purposes that cannot be specifically identified to a particular program but are applicable to all programs. In the
Random Moment Sampling (RMS) environment, AMSO is overhead plus indirect costs related to the operation of the county agency responsible for the administration of IM and/or W2 programs.

AMSO costs are those that support the entire agency and may include:

Your agency’s share of county indirect costs

Agency Director’s salary and fringe

Finance and payroll staff and related expenses

Department-wide receptionist and clerical staff and related expenses

Space-related costs

General business operations, such as purchasing, mail processing, and communications

All other overhead costs for your agency

The IM/W2 share of AMSO is determined based on the quarterly
Employee Count Report, and the CORe
system automatically rolls the amount allocated to IM/W2 to Line Code
4320.

Contact the RMS Administrator to discuss alternatives if allocation of AMSO using Employee Counts does not appropriately distribute these costs to programs. A key factor in considering alternatives is that like costs must receive consistent treatment.